1. RACAL MANAGING DIRECTOR JOHN LARSON STATED THAT WHEN
ORIGINALLY APPROACHED BY EMBASSY, HE HAD CONFUSED ORDER
FROM MIECO WITH ORDER FOR SIMILAR EQUIPMENT PLACED WITH
TELESIGNALS, ANOTHER US FIRM. ORDER WITH TELESIGNALS HAS
BEEN CANCELLED ( SEE BELOW), BUT ORDER WITH MIECO AWAITING
ONLY USG APPROVAL. AMCONGEN JOHANNESBURG WILL CHECK WITH
BRIGADIERS ( REPORTED END- USER) FOLLOWING WHICH WE WILL GO
OVER DETAILS WITH RACAL AND SUBMIT FURTHER REPORT TO DEPT.
2. ABORTED TELESIGNALS DEAL MAY BE OF INTEREST. END- USER
WAS RHODESIAN ( NOT OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED). TELESIGNALS RE-
PORTEDLY ASSOCIATED WITH SINGER. ACCORDING TO LARSON,
WHEN ORDER ORIGINATED, FEELING WAS THAT RHODESIAN SETTLE-
MENT IMMINENT. ORDER INVOLVED " CODER BOXES". TWO UNITS
SUBMITTED FOR FIELD TESTS AND END- USER REPORTED PROBLEMS
OF " COMPATABILITY WITH 100 WATT HFSSB EQUIPMENT" AND
" HF/ RF SWITCHOVER CAPABILITIES" ( SIC). TELESIGNALS
REQUESTED TO GIVE ASSURANCES THAT EQUIPMENT WOULD WORK IN VIEW
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OF ABOVE. SINCE ASSURANCES NOT FORTHCOMING, ORDER CANCELLED.
LARSON STATED THAT WITH CHANGED SITUATION IN RHODESIA,
RACAL, SA HAS BEEN TOLD BY UK HEAD OFFICE NOT RPT NOT TO
ENGAGE IN TRANSACTIONS IN RHODESIA.
HURD
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ACTION MC-02
INFO OCT-01 AF-10 EUR-25 ADP-00 PM-09 CIAE-00 INR-09
NSAE-00 RSC-01 DODE-00 L-03 EB-11 TRSE-00 RSR-01
COME-00 /072 W
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R 130911 Z MAR 73
FM AMEMBASSY PRETORIA
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 7778
INFO AMEMBASSY LONDON
AMCONSUL JOHANNESBURG
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE PRETORIA 0807
E. O. 11652: N/ A
TAGS: MILI, SF
SUBJECT: MUNITIONS CASE
REF: ( A) PRETORIA 3994 ( NOTAL); ( B) STATE 044009 ( NOTAL)
1. RACAL MANAGING DIRECTOR JOHN LARSON STATED THAT WHEN
ORIGINALLY APPROACHED BY EMBASSY, HE HAD CONFUSED ORDER
FROM MIECO WITH ORDER FOR SIMILAR EQUIPMENT PLACED WITH
TELESIGNALS, ANOTHER US FIRM. ORDER WITH TELESIGNALS HAS
BEEN CANCELLED ( SEE BELOW), BUT ORDER WITH MIECO AWAITING
ONLY USG APPROVAL. AMCONGEN JOHANNESBURG WILL CHECK WITH
BRIGADIERS ( REPORTED END- USER) FOLLOWING WHICH WE WILL GO
OVER DETAILS WITH RACAL AND SUBMIT FURTHER REPORT TO DEPT.
2. ABORTED TELESIGNALS DEAL MAY BE OF INTEREST. END- USER
WAS RHODESIAN ( NOT OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED). TELESIGNALS RE-
PORTEDLY ASSOCIATED WITH SINGER. ACCORDING TO LARSON,
WHEN ORDER ORIGINATED, FEELING WAS THAT RHODESIAN SETTLE-
MENT IMMINENT. ORDER INVOLVED " CODER BOXES". TWO UNITS
SUBMITTED FOR FIELD TESTS AND END- USER REPORTED PROBLEMS
OF " COMPATABILITY WITH 100 WATT HFSSB EQUIPMENT" AND
" HF/ RF SWITCHOVER CAPABILITIES" ( SIC). TELESIGNALS
REQUESTED TO GIVE ASSURANCES THAT EQUIPMENT WOULD WORK IN VIEW
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OF ABOVE. SINCE ASSURANCES NOT FORTHCOMING, ORDER CANCELLED.
LARSON STATED THAT WITH CHANGED SITUATION IN RHODESIA,
RACAL, SA HAS BEEN TOLD BY UK HEAD OFFICE NOT RPT NOT TO
ENGAGE IN TRANSACTIONS IN RHODESIA.
HURD
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
*** Current Handling Restrictions *** n/a
*** Current Classification *** LIMITED OFFICIAL USE